Proud dad! Two bass players in the house

[andysiv]

My son started a couple of years ago. I stopped playing but kept a couple of basses. Upon comming in from work one day I could hear a bass being played. Running upstairs I found my 16 year old son playing my Thunderbird through my trace elliot boxer combo. I was well impressed but did remove the tbird ( don't want this damaged) and gave him a squire precision I still had. He is now studying music performance at college. Has a Jackson Kellybird in trans red. He is in a band at college and has just had his first gig.

Edited December 1, 2024 by andysiv

[Kirky]

Resurrecting this to say my daughter and son's band, Tulpa, release their first album shortly.  Preorder available, and a video of their first single below.

 

https://www.roughtrade.com/product/tulpa/monster-of-the-week

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JexAQGyZMYM&pp=ygURTGV0cyBtYWtlIGEgdHVscGE%3D

[tubbybloke68]

On 18/11/2024 at 11:57, TRBboy said:

A couple of months ago, my eldest son was just starting his BTEC music course at high school, but didn't at that point play an instrument, so he needed to choose something..... Being a super cool kid, he obviously chose bass! 😅👌🥳❤️ He's just turned 15, what a great age to start! (I was 14)

 

I was going to sell this cool little Ibanez GAXB150, but I gifted it to him instead. 😉

Some of his best pals are on the course too, and they've got a band going already, and have been super committed, and working hard to get where they want to be. They've even got their first performance at school next week! 

 

He's loving old school thrash metal, so we're off to see Anthrax this week too! 🤘😎

Happy times!

Such a great photo! Lovely to see your lad looking so happy with his bass, long may it continue and I wish him much fun and success in the future x 

 

 

 

[TRBboy]

On 13/09/2025 at 12:03, tubbybloke68 said:

Such a great photo! Lovely to see your lad looking so happy with his bass, long may it continue and I wish him much fun and success in the future x 

 

 

 

Thanks for this! He's absolutely flying with it, he spends so much time playing it's incredible! Not even a year in, and I think he'll be better than me soon 😅

 

Got him his first proper bass at the guitar and bass show back in March, a Dave Ellefson 5-string Jackson, and he's wanting a new bass for his 16th next month! Here we go..... #GAS

 

Edited 2 hours ago by TRBboy

[ezbass]

29 minutes ago, TRBboy said:

Got him his first proper bass at the guitar and bass show back in March, a Dave Ellefson 5-string Jackson, and he's wanting a new bass for his 16th next month! Here we go..... #GAS

You have shown him the true path, well done.👏👏👏

Edited 2 hours ago by ezbass

[Reggaebass]

33 minutes ago, TRBboy said:

Thanks for this! He's absolutely flying with it, he spends so much time playing it's incredible! Not even a year in, and I think he'll be better than me soon 😅

 

Got him his first proper bass at the guitar and bass show back in March, a Dave Ellefson 5-string Jackson, and he's wanting a new bass for his 16th next month! Here we go..... #GAS

 

Love this, there’s no stopping him now, I always like to see young aspiring bass players, best of luck to you 

[SteveXFR]

On 13/09/2025 at 06:10, Kirky said:

Resurrecting this to say my daughter and son's band, Tulpa, release their first album shortly.  Preorder available, and a video of their first single below.

 

https://www.roughtrade.com/product/tulpa/monster-of-the-week

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JexAQGyZMYM&pp=ygURTGV0cyBtYWtlIGEgdHVscGE%3D

 

 

Thats proper good. Definite 90's although rock feel to it.

Are they gigging? What part of the country?